On August 15 I wrote about neptunium-239, half life of about 2 days, having been detected in large quantity in Iitate-mura, 35 kilometers from Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant. I had to take down the second post on the subject, but the information was correct.

Now, NISA is suddenly mentioning neptunium-239. Admission of wide dispersion of this nuclide and resultant plutonium-239 may be finally forthcoming, after more than 5 months.

… these are not “dosimeters” but “glass badges” that passively collect radiation information. It won’t help these children or their parents to avoid high-radiation areas and spots, it won’t tell them how much radiation they will have been exposed unless they are sent in to a company to interpret the data.

Radiation exposure is increased by a factor of a trillion. Inhaling even the tiniest particle, that’s the danger.

Yo: So making comparisons with X-rays and CT scans has no meaning. Because you can breathe in radioactive material.

Hirose: That’s right. When it enters your body, there’s no telling where it will go. The biggest danger is women, especially pregnant women, and little children. Now they’re talking about iodine and cesium, but that’s only part of it, they’re not using the proper detection instruments. What they call monitoring means only measuring the amount of radiation in the air. Their instruments don’t eat. What they measure has no connection with the amount of radioactive material.

Dr. Helen Caldicott (Co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility):

You’ve bought the propaganda from the nuclear industry. They say it’s low-level radiation. That’s absolute rubbish. If you inhale a millionth of a gram of plutonium, the surrounding cells receive a very, very high dose. Most die within that area, because it’s an alpha emitter. The cells on the periphery remain viable. They mutate, and the regulatory genes are damaged. Years later, that person develops cancer. Now, that’s true for radioactive iodine, that goes to the thyroid; cesium-137, that goes to the brain and muscles; strontium-90 goes to bone, causing bone cancer and leukemia. It’s imperative … that you understand internal emitters and radiation, and it’s not low level to the cells that are exposed. Radiobiology is imperative to understand these days.”The Japanese people are used as guinea pigs:

Thanks for all your coverage of this important story. I have difficulty understanding why this problem is not being addressed. Millions will die from this, and they go on as if nothing has happened. It is already in our food chain, water, and air. We cannot live without clean water, air and water, but because it cannot be seen, they ignore it.
Germany is showing sense by outlawing nuclear power, but the USA continues plans for more of them as if the Japan disaster was a mishap that is no longer relevant. I guess they need to see the horrors of children born without brains or eyes before it registers.
Much of the blame goes to main stream media who won’t cover the story because their corporate owners don’t want them to do so.
Where is the courage in journalism such as we had during the Vietnam war? It is gone in MSM, but people can search for this story as I have. This website is the bravest of them all, they have followed this story from day one regardless of the fact some powerful interests want this story buried. I urge all readers to pass these stories and the link to this site to their friends.
Thank you, Infinite Unknown, for your tireless, well researched and excellent reporting on this important story.
Sincerely,
Marilyn Gjerdrum